I’m finishing my third beer at a Barcelona bar — I’m in Spain, trying to see if I can move my exile further from Russia — and there are explosions happening all around, because it’s Hogueras de San Juan, a Spanish New Year-like festival celebrating the shortest night of the year. These are the good, safe kinds of explosions.
Putin started a war that his country was totally not prepared for, so he hired mercenaries and none of them had what they needed to fight his war. When you have to hire mercenaries, what did he expect?! Seems like karma to me, but it's still sad and scary, and I hope it doesn't turn into a bloody civil war. Twitter is full of contradictory opinions by "experts." I hope your family stays safe, Nikita!
“I offered an alternative theory: perhaps Prigozhin had made a deal with the Ukrainian government, in which case this is a part of the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive.”
Remain calm... there are experts in the background who deal with these situations. CiA and mi6 etc.
Wish I was there....Barcelona that is.
Intense times. Serious seeming people. If big change happens I hope room is made for some idealists to help imagine a better future.
Jesus. This is already terrible. Ukraine looks to benefit, but for how long? I’m pretty sure more chaos makes chances for a wider conflict greater.
I hope not.
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Wow
Thank you for this essential reporting. Amazing this psychedelia blog has up-to-the-minute factual info on this globe shaking event, thank you 😉
Fuck NATO and the uni-polar order, I hope Putin crushes any traitors to the Russian state like the cockroaches they are.
Ml666?
Thanks from here as well!
Wow these missives read like the beginning of an exciting novel... thank you for this. Sorry also that it’s all happening.
Putin started a war that his country was totally not prepared for, so he hired mercenaries and none of them had what they needed to fight his war. When you have to hire mercenaries, what did he expect?! Seems like karma to me, but it's still sad and scary, and I hope it doesn't turn into a bloody civil war. Twitter is full of contradictory opinions by "experts." I hope your family stays safe, Nikita!
“I offered an alternative theory: perhaps Prigozhin had made a deal with the Ukrainian government, in which case this is a part of the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive.”
Hopeful.